NEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--Barry Rosenstein, managing partner of Jana Partners LLC, cranked his campaign against the incumbent board of Houston Exploration Co. up a notch Thursday [June 1] with a demand under Delaware law for certain books and records that may, Mr. Rosenstein suggested, disclose breaches of that board's fiduciary obligations....

RICHMOND, Va. (HedgeWorld.com)--The annual shareholders meeting of Massey Energy Corp. featured a question-and-answer session that demonstrated many of the shareholders have concerns far from those at the center of the proxy fight between Massey's management and Third Point LLC, the corporate-activist hedge fund. The proxy fight came about because Third...

NEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--Jana Partners LLC declared a victory for its own campaign to persuade shareholders to withhold their votes from the board of directors of the Houston Exploration Co., while the company itself appeared unmoved. A dispute has arisen because on April 7, 2005, the Houston-based company, an independent natural...

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